Spain and Ireland: ‘Red’ Hugh O’Donnell (1571-1602)
Spain and Ireland: ‘Red’ Hugh O’Donnell (1571-1602) Ongoing excavation by Spanish archaeologists in Vallalodid in north-west Spain has made recent headlines since the Mayor of the city announced they were confident to have uncovered the remains of the church where the sixteenth century Irish nobleman is believed to have been buried in 1602. He wrote “In the Chapel of Wonders, in the exact place where Red Hugh O’Donnell is believed to have been buried as well as Christopher Columbus,…
